Wetzell



@uitrit tstrs attnt @ffice LUDVIG WETZELL, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

` Letters Patent IVO. 73,148, dated January 7, 1868.

IMPROVED EAMES-LUG BUCKLE.

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Be it known that I, LUDWIG WETZELL, of Washington city, in the Districtl of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Haines-Tug Buckle with loop; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, mak-ing a. part of this specification,`in which- Figurel is a perspective view of the haines-tug buckle, the loop being opened to receive the trace.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of theharnes-tug with inserted trace.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the hames-t-ug, the parts being in the position represented in iig. 1, showing the manner of inserting the trace.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the haines-tug, with trace inserted, the parts being in the position represented in gQ, showing the manner of fastening the traces..`

Figure 5 is to illustrate the defects of the old inode of fastening traces with common buckles.

My haines-tug consists of the parts a, b, e, joined or hinged together at and e. The parts av and I), forming the loop, are to receive the end of the trace. The pinf, projecting from the bottom Aof part I), serves as tongue of buckle g,'whieh turns around the points LL. The upper part a of the loop is provided with an opening, z', to receive and hold the top of pinf, and the lower part b of the loopis provided with rivets Z, fm, 12,'whicl1, by passing through the holes Z', m', n', firmly connect the loop with the part c of the haines-tug, and secure the c`lip o to the same.

The manner o f fastening the traces to and within -this harnes-tugis as follows: The buckle gis turned around the points L z, to allow part a to pass from beneath part c of the buckle, and free the top ofpinf. The end of the trace is inserted between the buckle g and piv'ot d, as shown in red lines in iig. 3, until one of the buckle-holes, pp, is above the pinf. The pinfhaving passed the desired buckle-hole of the trace, the part a of the loop is turned down until the top of pinfpasses into the opening t', then the rim c of the buckle g is laid upon the end g of the loop-cover a, as shown in fig. 4.

It will be seen that by the peculiar construction of my hames-tug'buckle with loop, the ends of the traces never will be bent to an extent injurious to their tenacity or strength while undergoing the operation of fastening to the harnes-tug, and that the same will be protect-ed from injuries by the loop-cover a. It further will be seen that lthe traces, when strained, will press the rim k of the buckle upon part g of the loop-cover a by th'e reaction upon rim r of the said buckle, and therefore prevent the self-opening of the loop. And it further will be seen that the traces, when strained, will be bent or curved at no point contrary to the old inode of fastening with common buckles, illustrated in iig. 5, where the traces are soon worn out at point s. j

The advantages of my invention are, firstly, a. secure and easy mode of fastening the tra-ces to the harnestugs; secondly, protecting the ends of traces from injuries by avoiding sharp bends, and by covering the same, therefore increasing their durability.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tomsecure by Letters Patent, is i The hames-tug buckle g, with loop-cover a and pinj', when the parts are constructed, connected, and tted to produce the result, substantially as described within. I

LUDWIG WETZELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES WALTER, W. V. KAM'MERHUEBER. 

